Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

Each geographic entity listed in this collection is
identified by a unique two-character state code and a five-character
numeric place code. Areas of the United States covered are the 50
states, the District of Columbia, and all outlying territories with
significant self-administration (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
and the Virgin Islands). An exhaustive list is included of
incorporated places, census designated places (CDPs), primary county
divisions, recognized Indian ... (more info)

Each geographic entity listed in this collection is
identified by a unique two-character state code and a five-character
numeric place code. Areas of the United States covered are the 50
states, the District of Columbia, and all outlying territories with
significant self-administration (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
and the Virgin Islands). An exhaustive list is included of
incorporated places, census designated places (CDPs), primary county
divisions, recognized Indian reservations, and Alaska Native villages
and counties. The listing also includes unincorporated places,
military bases, national parks, airports, and ground transportation
points. The two-character class code distinguishes over 70 entity
types. Each entity is identified by the county or counties in which it
is located. All categories and military bases are identified by
congressional district and, in most cases, by standard metropolitan
statistical areas (SMSAs). Incorporated places, CDPs, and Indian and
Alaska Native areas are cross-referenced to United States Bureau of
the Census files. In addition, ZIP codes are provided for all post
offices.

Access Notes

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Dataset(s)

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Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55, [1984]. ICPSR08346-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-07-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08346.v2

Universe:
The 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all outlying
territories with significant self-administration in 1984 (American
Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands).

Data Types:
administrative records data

Methodology

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Created variable labels and/or value labels.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1985-05-24

Version History:

2011-07-29 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 79 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 79 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.